It has been one day since Clar first battle with the gangs in the Suicide Slums. When he saw what the press was calling him, he had an eyebrow rise up confused. He wasn't even planning on having a title for his war against crime.
He tried putting that aside, as he was in the Daily Elements building going to meet his editor-n-chief for confirmation on his job approval.
There were reporters setting in their disks looking up info from files that were given by different sources, or they were speaking in the telephone trying to gain more info that they couldn't get from the papers they had. Clar saw the editor-n-chief's office and walked over to it while hearing an argument in heat coming from there.
"I don't care how long you worked on that story Lan, or how much info you have on this. The Daily Elements is not going to attack Sato Industrys."
"Chief, there is reason to why people show the decency to the homeless chief. And from what all this info I gathered, Sato is just putting that up as a distraction for his heist of manufacturing of high tech arms to sell on the black market."
"Allegedly. Look, right now City Hall has started to get to me for allowing these stories to run that are now getting to these corporations. Unless you have a more reliable resource, instead of some words from the street, I'm not running this story. So for now I want you to drop it, and follow up on something that the people are asking questions about. Such as the Avatar, or that gang busting wacko."
"Huh. Fine, you're the boss, chief."
The people that were arguing in the room turned out to be a slightly old man, who had to be descended from the watertribe because his skin was sort of dark. Clar already knew him by the name of, Periek Whin. There was also a woman who was almost around Clar's age, had dark hair and pale skin. Any guy would say that this woman was attractive.
Clar politely knocked on the door to let the two individuals know that he was there. They looked back to him, and then Whin was able to recognize Clar.
"Ah, you're Clar-Ken Kenta. You came in the day before yesterday for that job opening. Is that right?"
"Yes sir," Clar confirmed.
"Well I looked up your stuff, and they're not that bad. I'll give you that, but I need to see if you're able to make it here. So I'm giving you something small for now, I want you to get an interview with the Fire Ferrets brothers."
"Um, Chief. Not that it is any of my business, but isn't that Lombard's area."
"I know, and I also know that sports isn't Kenta's specialty, but I need to see him work on something first hand. By the way, Kenta meet Lan. Lan meet Kenta."
Clar smiled politely and held out his hand, "Hello."
"Hey. Where did come around, you seem to have a farm boy character written all over you."
"Have you ever heard of Smallstone?"
"Nope, never been much into riding ostrich-horses."
Clar tried to ignore Lan's stereotypical remark. He could tell that this woman was someone that had the spirit to make a statement despite the consequences. Which meant that that scene of her complying with Whin is a very rare site to see coming from a woman like her.
"Okay. So , when should I start on my first assignment?"
"I suggest you start right about now before the Daily Comet beats you to an exclusive," Periek answered Clar in a tone of reminding one to get their feet moving in a hurry.
Clar acknowledged and went about his way towards the archives to get what he needed.
Clar was walked towards the press entrance of the arena. He held up his press card towards the guard in the entrance who aloowed him to enter. Clar made his way towards the area for where the pro-benders wait to be called upfor their matches. When he made it there he saw athletes getting their gear/uniform on for their upcoming matches. Clar knew how the uniform of the Fire Ferrets was sort of reddish color, so with his superior eye sight he was able to spot one of the teammates of the Fire Ferrets. He was shorter than Clar, but he could tell that he had some muscle under all that gear, and from the color label on the helmet, which was green, he knew that he was an earthbender.
"Excuse me, are you one of the Fire Ferrets' brothers," Clar asked the pro-bender.
"Yep, who is asking... oh... you're a reporter arn't you," the pro-bender barely noticed Clar's press card that was stamped to his chest.
"Uh, yes. Listen if it isn't too much trouble, could I have an interview with you and your brother," Clar politely made his request to the Fire Ferret player.
"Well, Mako isn't the type to talk to anyone before a match, but I could give you your interview," the athlete answered with enthusiasm. "Lets just move somewhere else. I mean this place is sort of loud for an interview."
"That is fine with me. By the way, may I have your name," Clar made another request.
"Bolin is the name, and earthbending is my game."
They started walking through a hallway, and during that time Clar took the oppurtunity to start asking Bolin a few simple questions. Such questions as; when was it they were givin the oppurtunity of getting into Pro-bending, and how it felt when he got the shot at being a pro-bender.
The questions stopped as they heard a grouchy voice raising up saying, "What are you doing in my gym?"
Then Clar heard a familiar voice, "Uhh... I was... looking for a bathroom."
Clar and Bolin looked into the room of the voices, which turned out to be a gym, and sure enough, Clar saw someone very familiar because he met her on his first day in Republic City.
"Korra?"
"Ohhh, she is a looker," Bolin complimented as he saw Korra. "You know her?"
"Not only do I know her, this is going to be the fifth time I save her from a sticky situation."
Clar walked towards Korra and the old man she was confronting. The old man didn't buy the bathroom trick from Korra, so then he said, "I'm taking you to securtiy."
"Excuse me. Korra I think you lift your press card at the office again," Clar held out his press I.D. card so that the old man could see. Bolin knew where Clar was getting at, so he decided to help out as well.
"It's all right Toza. She is with us. You see he is the reporter, and she is the... photographer."
"Yeeah... I'm the photographer," Korra tried following along, even though she had no camera to support her.
"Meeeahh, I don't care what you're. I got work to do," Toza said.
As Korra walked along with Clar and Bolin, Korra leaned towards Clar and said, "Thanks again. I'm so happy to see you again."
"Your welcome, and the feeling is mutual."
Bolin led both Korra and Clar into this room which had access to the pro-bending court of the arena.
"What do you guys think? Best seats in the house, or what," Bolin happily asked Clar and Korra.
Clar seemed to be impressed by the scenery, but he didn't express it as Korra did with a wow and a compliment.
"Bolin, I already told you you have to stop bringing in your crazy fans in here. Get them out of here," a pro-bender, who's uniform was just the same color as Bolin's, said to Bolin.
"Uugh, Come on Mako. Look the guy is a reporter who want an exclusive from us, and I already told the girl she could stay. And I have good feeling about her," Bolin tried to compromise with his brother. Bolin turned around to Clar and Korra, "Hey guys, I want you all to meet my brother, Mako." Korra seemed to be intrigued to meet this one pro-bender.
"Wow, Mako, I heard you play on the radio."
"Excuse me, I'm Clar-Ken Kenta of the Daily Elements. I was hoping to..." before Clar could finish Mako walked past him and Korra without even acknowledging their presance.
"Come on Bolin we're up next."
"Sorry about that you guys. My brother can get really focused before a match. Wish me luck, I'll need it," Bolin told Korra and Clar.
"Good luck."
The Fire Ferrets gathered and entered the court to play their match. The match was fairly difficult for the team, due to the Fire Ferrets' waterbender slacking off. On the last round, the waterbender had tripped and fell on top of Bolin which gave the opposing team the chance to knock them both off the ring. but they prevailed with Mako winning the third round with a knockout on the entire opposing team. The crowd was cheering for the underdog's victory, as the Fire Ferrets came back into the room where Korra and Clar were watching the match.
Mako seemed to show alot of concern and angsty towards his watbending teammate, but the waterbender just shrugged off his concerns and walked off.
"Worthless Assook," Mako commented.
Korra said to the brothers, "That was amazing. You all were incredable. Espicially you Mako."
"Oh you're still around," Mako said with a hint of annoyance.
"Oh your still a jerk," Korra responded.
'This guy really needs to learn some manners,' Clar thought to himself.
Korra then started to talk to Bloin about how the amazing technique that was desplayed in the match. Bolin was more than happy enough to offer giving her some lessons.
"Though I'm not sure how my earthbending can fit with your waterbending."
"That's okay, because I'm an earthbender."
"Oh, I didn't mean to jump to conclusions. I thought that with your watertribe outfit, I thought you'd be a waterbender."
"No actually your right. I'm a waterbender. And an earthbender. And a firebender."
"Yeaah. Mmhmm. I'm very confused right now."
Then Clar leaned towards Bolin and whispered, "she is the Avatar."
Mako heard what Clar said, so he added to Clar's statment by saying, "and I'm an idiot."
"Both answers are actually true," Korra said.
Now the Avatar and the kryptonian were with the pro-bending brothers in the arena's gym. Bolin was giving Korra lesson on the techniques of pro-bending, while Mako decided to give Clar his interview. Clar was just about to finish up his interview with Mako, but was interupted with a complament from Bolin to Korra who had just demonstrated one of her new movement she learned fro Bolin.
"Woow! Nice adjustment. You're a natural at this."
Mako saw the shot and said, "not bad."
Korra being a bit upset at Mako's attitude of thinking of her being inferior, she acked Clar, "are you going to write on the paper about how Mako thinks the Avatar isn't that impressive?"
"Whaat? I said, not bad."
Korra still being upset, decided to just let it go and go back to her lesson with Bolin. On the other hand Bolin decided to ask Clar something.
"So Clar, your familiar with that Gangbuster guy, right?"
"Well, yeah. I' am a reporter. Its my job to find out who he is."
"What do you say about him?"
Trying to avoid being biased, Clar still tried to show he supported his own doing as a vigilante.
"He is just someone who wants to help out by doing the right thing. Helping people, and trying to end violence with less casualtys."
"I support you on that. Unlike big brother."
"You don't support the Gangbuster's actions," Korra asked Mako, who were also listening to the conversation.
"I just think it well end up like the same problem in Oth-Yen. The police don't seem to like that guy, any much like those wackos they go up against."
Mako then remembered that there was still a reporter there. Even if that reporter is a personal friend to the Avatar, he still didn't want him to tell the city his personal opinions.
"You're not going to write that in the newpaper, are you?"
"My notepad is already in my pocket. Everything I asked you guys is all I needed," Clar answered Mako's question.
After a while, Bolin and Mako decided to turn in for the night. Clar and Korra decided to leave the arena. Ever since Clar saw Korra in the arena, he was afraid that Korra may have blurted out his secret. Of course Korra didn't tell anyone, but she wanted to talk to Clar about the issue of him being an alien. Once they knew they were alone, Korra decided to take this oppurtunity to talk to Clar about his secret.
"I... want to talk to you... about your secret."
When she said that, there was a glimpse of fear in Clars face.
"Don't worry. I didn't tell anyone."
Clar was releaved that Korra accepted his desperate request. It then cae to him what she probably wanted to talk to him about.
"I'm guessing you have some questions to ask."
"Well I just want to tell you something first. I want to you to know, that...*sigh* I don't care if you really aren't... aren't..." Korra couldn't finish her sentance, so then Clar finished it for her.
"Aren't human."
She looked to him to reassure that he understood where she was going.
"You're right, I do have questions."
Clar smiled, knowing that she can trust her, he then told her, "I'll tell you everything."
Sorry for the long wait, I had some trouble building this chapter, and I have this other story I'm working on. It's a DC/DBZ crossover, technically it takes place more in Dragonball world. The child of Superman and Wonder Woman is a survivor of the DC Universe, and he is taken under the care of Goku and Chichi.
Back to this story, Clar has met this worlds Lois Lane, and Perry White. He is now aquainted with the Fire Ferret brothers, Mako and Bolin. Pus, he has met Korra again. Now he shall tell her about who he is.
I'll try to update soon, and please leave a review.